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News Slovakia » Music: Slovakia music festival canceled after thousands sign petition against Kanye West

News channel or source: https://www.nydailynews.com/2025/07/11/slovakia-festival-canceled-kanye-west-petition/

Published on: Friday 11 July 2025

Kanye West’s antisemitic rhetoric has caused more ruckus overseas as the plug was pulled on a music festival he was set to headline in Slovakia. Along with outrage from fans, Slovak rap artists also ...

News Slovakia » Music: Global music star spotted at Trenčín European Capital of Culture event

News channel or source: https://spectator.sme.sk/culture-and-lifestyle/c/global-music-star-spotted-at-trencin-european-capital-of-culture-event

Published on: Thursday 04 June 2026

Imagine heading out for a relaxed Saturday walk in Trenčín and suddenly running into Kevin Parker, the musician behind the globally acclaimed psychedelic music project Tame Impala. That is exactly ...

News Slovakia » Music: News digest: Could Slovakia’s best-known music festival be forced out of Trenčín?

News channel or source: https://spectator.sme.sk/politics-and-society/c/could-pohoda-leave-trencin

Published on: Wednesday 27 May 2026

Temu’s Slovakia boom, Bratislava’s top 10 events, and Slovakia opts out of backing a tribunal for Putin’s war.

News Slovakia » Music: Slovakia music festival cancelled after outcry over Kanye West performance

News channel or source: https://www.aol.com/slovakia-music-festival-cancelled-outcry-060136996.html

Published on: Thursday 10 July 2025

Slovakian rap festival Rubicon has been cancelled “due to external pressure and logistical challenges” after protests calling for Kanye West to be dropped from the lineup. The festival, scheduled for ...

News Slovakia » Music: Slovakia music fest Pohoda in photos (Sigur Ros, PJ Harvey, Savages, more)

News channel or source: https://www.brooklynvegan.com/slovakia-music-fest-pohoda-in-photos-sigur-ros-pj-harvey-savages-more-played-this-year/

Published on: Wednesday 13 July 2016

"Pohoda is an open-air summer music festival in Slovakia, first organized in 1997 in Trenčín. It is the biggest Slovak music event organized annually. The current ...

News Slovakia » Music: Slovakia: Music Copyright Agency Vs. School Drama Club

News channel or source: https://globalvoices.org/2012/10/17/slovakia-music-copyright-agency-vs-school-drama-club/

Published on: Tuesday 16 October 2012

On his blog, Jozef Černek, who, for the past seven years, has been a high school drama club teacher in the town of Komarno, wrote “a sad letter” [sk] to SOZA, the Slovak Performing and Mechanical ...